Laura has 11 years of international experience in consulting and advisory. She has developed a deep knowledge of the energy sector through operational projects and extensive analysis of market rules and government policies (at GCC and European level). With a thorough understanding of key regulatory challenges, Laura is also a coach and trainer for start up and innovation projects inside organisations, having contributed to programmes such as Pitch@Palace (sponsored by the Duke of York and Khalifa Fund) in the UAE, in several innovation departments set-up and to the development of Sia Partners Datascience practice.

Imad Atwi
Digitalisation Strategy&

Strategist and execution professional, with 12+ years of experience across the MENA, SEA, and Europe. Digital ecosystem builder and advisor of governments, technology companies, and startups on digital transformation, policies, innovation strategies, business plans, partnerships, and operating models. Aficionado of for-profit social enterprises with strong expertise in the entrepreneurship space along business development, due diligence, sales, and marketing. Advised, mentored, and helped fundraise for various startups and social enterprises in the MENA and SEA region. Judge of several entrepreneurship forums and competitions. Strong believer in untapped regional and global technology potential in improving the quality of life and economy for developing and developed countries. Working on exciting solutions to solve key challenges that will bring economic, social, or environmental upside for the MENA/ GCC region, utilizing forward looking policies, technology strategies and execution.

Julien Richard
Behavioural Change & Sustainability

An ex-strategy consultant with 10 years’ experience across multiple industries & geographies, assuming leadership positions with innovative companies & startups in the middle east over recent years. An excellent team player, business oriented with strong interpersonal skills.

Tanzeed Alam
Sustainability & Policy
Earth Matters

For over fourteen years, Tanzeed has promoted positive change on climate change, energy and environmental conservation across three continents within government, industry, businesses and communities. At Earth Matters Consulting, he is responsible to leading and growing the business with a number of different clients. A few key projects include managing a global sustainability prize based in the region, leading the development of Dubai’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy on energy, food and financial services, developing a report on solar powered desalination in the UAE and running a training programme on climate change foremployees of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority. Tanzeed’s previous experience includes directing the Climate Change, Energy & Sustainability work of the World-Wide Fundfor Nature (WWF) in the UAE and GCC region. Previously he was Science Policy Advisor for Energy & Climate Change at the UK’s independent scientific academy, the Royal Society andProject Manager for CarbonSense, a consulting firm helping businesses develop climate change strategies. Tanzeed has a post graduate MSc in Conservation from University College Londonand BSc (Hons) in Zoology from the University of Edinorough.

Pierre Samaties
Managing Partner & CEO Innogy

Pierre has 15 years of experience in the Energy and IT industries, advising international clients on strategic assignments. Before taking over the position as Managing Partner & CEO of innogy International Middle East in July 2014, he worked as a Partner in innogy Consulting – a leading European strategy and management consultancy in the energy industry.

Pierre holds an MBA in General Management and a B.Sc. in Information Technology. In addition, he holds several executive certificates from renowned business schools, including MIT Sloan School of Management (USA), INSEAD (France) and London Business School (UK).

Omar is Director of Corporate Communication & General Services at the Supreme Council of Energy (SCE), Government of Dubai. A UAE national, Omar graduated with a degree in General Business from Dubai Higher College of Technology and a Master's degree in Strategic Project Management from Heriot-Watt University, School of Edinburgh, Scotland. Omar joined the Supreme Council of Energy in November 2011. In his present role, he is overall responsible of General Services (Admin, Legal, Finance, HR & IT) as well as the Corporate Communications (Managing the stream of SCE's Corporate Communications, Media, PR, Stakeholder Management and Government Relations).

Prior to his current role, Omar was Director of Communications for Royal Dutch Shell "Shell Markets Middle East Limited" for nearly 5 years. Before joining Shell in 2007, he spent 3 years with the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) where he was Head of Region (Europe and United States).

Soon after graduating from university, Omar started his career in sales and marketing with Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) in 1998, where he managed government corporate accounts (Ministries, Royal Family...etc). Omar is also a member in several committees, he is the Chairman of Corporate Communication Committee for Energy Sector in Dubai, Chairman of Planning & Coordination Committee of Emirates Energy Award. Secretary General of Dubai Global Energy Forum. Member of Infrastructure and Environment Legislation at Supreme Legislation Committee of Dubai, Member of Media & Marketing as well as Logistics & Services of World Energy Forum 2012, Member of Dubai Executive Council for General Network of Government Communication, member of Public Diplomacy of Dubai Media Office, Member of Dubai Carbon's steering committee, Member of Advisory Board of Inclusion & Diversity in Energy at ADIPEC & Member of Arabian Leaders of the Future Association

Vinson Chua
Co-Founder, Director Lumani

Vinson has more than 20 years of business development in the Asia region working with different industries from Telecom, Information Technology, Storage, Semiconductor and other technologies.

He has worked in management positions with multinational corporations like AMD, technology start-ups and a local Singapore companies. Before joining Lumani, he was a business partner of a distribution company dealing with Defence Electronics and Telecom Products.

As a co-founder of Lumani, he is very passionate on sustainability and in particular, achieving total indoor ambient management with AI.

Vinson graduated in 1994 from Nanyang Technological University with a Honors Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, majoring in Control Engineering.

Imran Syed
Head of Industrial PowerEnerwhere

Imran is an experienced power systems engineer who is responsible for design and implementation of Enerwhere's advanced hybrid systems. Imran started his career as an electrical engineer in the mining industry, followed by 5 years in academic research on renewable energy power systems, including a stint at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, where he worked on PV-based DC micro-grid control with the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE). Imran holds a Masters degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, and is currently pursuing a PhD in electrical power engineering from the same institute.

Nadir Cassam Chenai
Business DevelopmentMetron

Nadir Cassam heads business development for Metron in UAE. He is a French engineer with 7 years of International experience in Energy sectors. Nadir started his career as Project Manager in Africa for IPP providers. He has deep knowledge on power generation and relocation of power plants and experience with hybridration of these plants with PV-based technology.
He is now responsaible to leading and growing the business with a number of clients in MENA regions for METRON, which is specialized in Energy Intelligence for industrial clients. The technology is based on Artificial Intelligence, including digitalization of industries, energy transparency, and development of fully distributed energy systems.

A Clean Tech advisor and entrepreneur with deep market know-how and experience. Proven track record in different areas; from product/market development, system engineering, project development and R&D operations to leading multi tasked core teams crossing different organizational subsets.

Avadhesh (Avad) is the founder of Realex (realexapp.com), an innovative venture for SmartCity-PropTech consulting, digital solutions and technology platform. It focuses to digitize and automate real estate lifecycle by applying digital strategies around mobile-web, blockchain, artificial intelligence & IOT. As an entrepreneur, he is also a member of INSEADERS.vc, The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE.org), Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre (dtec.ae), Dubai Silicon Oasis (dsoa.ae).

Avad is a results oriented executive with entrepreneurial mindset. Accomplished general manager with over 15 years of experience in competitive environment in diverse industries applying skills in strategy, innovation, finance, marketing and organization behaviour. He has had a successful and progressive professional career in leadership roles working with leading Management & Strategy Consulting MNCs such as SAP consulting, Hitachi Consulting, NTT Data, Mahindra-Bristlecone Consulting and with Technology MNCs such as SAP, Hewlett-Packard, Dell. He also helped build three American Ventures (2 from Valley) that got acquired. He has led teams from 5-200 people to build and manage P&L of USD 50Mn -250Mn across country-region levels. He has engaged Fortune 500 / Forbes 2000 organizations across 18 countries globally for digitization, innovation and transformation.

He holds a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD (dual scholarship), B.Com from University of Toronto, Post Graduate Diploma in International Business and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA-Accounts Topper) from other distinguished institutions. He is certified "Design Thinking" expert. He is a Canadian citizen and has lived and worked in India, USA (Houston, Washington D.C, Boston, SFO, Chicago) Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal), Europe (Paris, London, Amsterdam), Middle East (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Bahrain, Qatar) and Asia (Singapore, Kuala Lampur, Bangkok). He is currently based in UAE.

Natalie Sleiman
Head of UAEShe Loves Tech

Natalie is a results-driven, business development professional with a successful record in driving operations towards excellence in processes, distinguishable customer relationships, strategic brand value creation and record sales targets. An innovative marketeer, she has hands-on experience in the development of products with strategic fit and high customer engagement, to support corporate growth and ambitions. She worked with.

Natalie is a believer in continuous learning and improvement and practice it in all aspects of her personal as well as professional life. She is passionate about strategy, the consumer and creating value in high growth environments. Natalie brought She Loves Tech, a global initiative showcasing the convergence of the latest trends in technology, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the opportunities it creates for women, to the UAE> She holds Global Executive MBA from Insead.

Sekhar Chakraborty develops strategies for profitable growth of business by maximizing customer values with digital solutionsin sustainable world bringing together energy management, automation and software with 25 years’global experience in switchgear industry.

Taras Wankewycz
Group Founder & CEOH3 Dynamics Holdings

Taras Wankewycz is the Founder of H3 Dynamics. H3 Dynamics is building the future of remote sensing and field data automation by merging AI-analyticswith sensor-bearing tele-robotics. The group is developing numerous technology stacks in parallel - all ofwhich enable the vision for fully automated decision support anywhere, anytime.